| Chapter | Page | |
| I. | The Nature of the State | 11 |
| II. | Armies and Navies | 20 |
| III. | The Purpose of Armies | 33 |
| IV. | Civil Government | 41 |
| V. | Theory of Crime and Punishment | 51 |
| VI. | Remedial Effects of Punishment | 59 |
| VII. | Cause of Crime | 77 |
| VIII. | The Proper Treatment of Crime | 92 |
| IX. | Impossibility of Just Judgment | 98 |
| X. | The Judge of the Criminal | 106 |
| XI. | The Measure of Punishment | 112 |
| XII. | Who Deserves Punishment | 127 |
| XIII. | Natural Law and Conduct | 131 |
| XIV. | Rules Governing Penal Codes and Their Victims | 141 |
| XV. | The Machinery of Justice | 153 |
| XVI. | The Right Treatment of Violence | 165 |